Do you want VFP to control the recording or to store the wav files?

Plug a cable from a phone or tap into your sound card.
The CELP encoder makes the smallest files. Alot smaller than WME.
You can control any number of recording apps via COM or
OLE Automation. OR older DOS apps are usually found on the sound card's setup CD. Easy to use command line utilities like "record from to'
and "stop recording" etc.

Its easier to just keep a database of external wav files than to put em in a Memo field. Trust me.

George